. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. QueTies reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNINO will, if possible, be answered in the "Journal" the fol- lowing Thursday. Those arriving later will be held over until the /allowing week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT Queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. TEST FOK C
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. QueTies reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNINO will, if possible, be answered in the "Journal" the fol- lowing Thursday. Those arriving later will be held over until the /allowing week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT Queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. TEST FOK CANE SUGAE. [9051] Can any of your readers tell me of a cheap, simple and reliable test to discriminate between beet and cane sugar? âH. W. Learoyd. Reply.âWe are told by chemists that when the sugars are absolutely pure it is impossible to distinguish between them by any chemical means. One simple test is to put some of the sugar in a bottle and tightly cork it. A glass stoppered bottle is the best. Allow it to remain in a warm room for several days, then open it and immediately smell. If it is beet sugar there will be a most unpleasant smell, but cane sugar will be practically odourless. In the " ; for April 2nd, 1914, ^Ir. F. Newsham gives the following test :â " Apply a lighted match to a corner of a piece of sugar. The sugar will melt and drop. .If the drops are of a red colour the sugar is made from beet, but if the drops are pure you may safely infer the source is ;. Correspondents desiring an answer in the next issue should send questions to reach this office NOT LATER than the FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING. Only SPECIALLY URGENT ques- tions will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All questions must be accompanied by the sender's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. There is no fee for answering questions. PoMONE (Birmingham).âBrown Sugar for Feeding Bees.âW
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